Jakob Junis
32-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
4-0
ERA
2.69
WHIP
0.85
K
51
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
San Francisco has a strong track record of taking pitching castoffs from other organizations and making them into useful assets. In the case of Junis, it was almost an extreme makeover because Kansas City's pitching development did little to make Junis better and even Junis's first year with the Giants could only get so much out of him as a starter. The club decided to turn Junis into a reliever in 2023 and he rewarded them and NL Only fantasy managers with a 20.4% K-BB% along with 96 strikeouts in 86 innings and 4 wins. The righty's best pitch has always been his slider, so the Giants encouraged him to spin it early and often, and he did so throwing it 62.5% of the time. It is a good thing he did too because his sinker was safely put into play 42% of the time and his changeup 27% of the time. Junis is at his best in a White Castle Special of heavy sliders, but the lack of an effective second pitch pigeonholes his role in the pen. Read Past Outlooks
Declines mutual option
Junis declined his $8 million mutual option for 2025 on Friday and became a free agent.
ANALYSIS
Junis put up a career-best 2.69 ERA and 0.85 WHIP across 67 innings between Milwaukee and Cincinnati last season. Rather than accepting an $8 million salary for 2025, the 32-year-old will cash in a $3 million buyout and seek a more lucrative multi-year deal on the open market.
Junis put up a career-best 2.69 ERA and 0.85 WHIP across 67 innings between Milwaukee and Cincinnati last season. Rather than accepting an $8 million salary for 2025, the 32-year-old will cash in a $3 million buyout and seek a more lucrative multi-year deal on the open market.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
39
Last 10 Games
48
Last 5 Games
69
How many pitches does Jakob Junis generally throw?
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What part of the game does Jakob Junis generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-12%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-11%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .273 | 92 | 25 | 116 | 16 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .240 | 153 | 29 | 143 | 17 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .218 | 20 | 3 | 22 | 5 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .193 | 31 | 5 | 27 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .259 | 28 | 11 | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .274 | 68 | 10 | 61 | 8 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .307 | 44 | 11 | 65 | 7 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .235 | 54 | 14 | 55 | 6 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-1%
ERA at Home
2024
-40%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 3.78 | 1.15 | 126.1 | 9.0 | 1.9 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 3.83 | 1.21 | 138.2 | 7.7 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 1.99 | 0.63 | 31.2 | 7.4 | 1.1 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.31 | 1.05 | 35.1 | 6.4 | 1.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.62 | 1.32 | 37.0 | 11.4 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.31 | 1.27 | 49.0 | 9.0 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2022Home | 4.21 | 1.32 | 57.2 | 8.4 | 2.0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 4.64 | 1.27 | 54.1 | 7.3 | 2.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jakob Junis compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
6.38K/9
6.9BB/9
1.1HR/9
1.1Fastball
92.0 mphERA
2.69WHIP
0.85BABIP
.229GB/FB
1.10Left On Base
76.4%Exit Velocity
83.3 mphBarrels/BBE
5.6%Spin Rate
2270 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
30.0%Swinging Strike
11.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Junis has spent a career trying to find something to go along with his slider and his command of the strikezone, but has yet to find anything else. Kansas City was not exactly known for great pitching development in his time there, so the move to San Franciso was interesting because of their track record of turning castaways into treasure. The Giants had Junis really lean into the slider and took away his very hittable four-seamer to see what would work. The problem became his sinker was even more hittable than his four-seamer, and the changeup they gave him lacks any redeeming characteristics. Junis made 17 starts, but such a limited repertoire in both depth and effectiveness is playing with fire depending on the matchups because he historically has issues with lefties. The best outcome we can hope for here is a full-time conversion to reliever and him going Matt Wisler with the slider and throwing it 90% of the time. Until that happens, he is not worth rostering.
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Allows two runs in no-decision
Junis did not factor into the decision in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to the Guardians, allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts over five innings.
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Start pushed back to Wednesday
Junis has been scratched from Tuesday's start versus the Guardians due to personal reasons and will start Wednesday's series finale in Cleveland instead, Charlie Goldsmith of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Gets no support
Junis didn't factor into the decision Wednesday against Atlanta, allowing one run on two hits with no walks across six innings. He struck out six.
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Sharp again in no-decision
Junis didn't factor into the decision Thursday against the Cardinals, allowing one run on three hits over five innings. He struck out three.
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Strong start wasted Saturday
Junis came away with a no-decision in Saturday's 4-0 loss to the Mets, allowing one hit and one walk over five scoreless innings. He struck out five.
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Good chance to stick in rotation
Manager Pat Murphy said Wednesday the Brewers will "probably" utilize a six-man starting rotation for most of April, reports Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, so Junis should retain his rotation spot.
ANALYSIS
Milwaukee had a scheduled day off Thursday but now is scheduled for 26 games in the next 27 days, so Murphy apparently plans to use a six-man unit to ease the workload on the starting pitchers. That's good news for Junis, who appeared to be in danger of getting bumped from the rotation with Wade Miley nearing his return from a shoulder injury. Junis was pulled after just four innings during his season debut Tuesday but pitched well with one run allowed while throwing only 47 pitches.
Milwaukee had a scheduled day off Thursday but now is scheduled for 26 games in the next 27 days, so Murphy apparently plans to use a six-man unit to ease the workload on the starting pitchers. That's good news for Junis, who appeared to be in danger of getting bumped from the rotation with Wade Miley nearing his return from a shoulder injury. Junis was pulled after just four innings during his season debut Tuesday but pitched well with one run allowed while throwing only 47 pitches.